Hat



Dec. 9, 1930.

c. STEINBERG HAT Filed July 26, 1950 INVENTOR BY Carl Stainfi r RatentedDee. 9', 1930 PATENT OFFICE CARL STEINBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT

Application filed July 26,

My present invention relates generally to hats and more particularlytohats manufactured from a braided material.

One of the objects of my invention is the production of a hat whichcombines selected characteristics of both the well known felt hat andthe well known panama straw hat now in common use. I

My invention generally involves the employment for hat manufacturingpurposes of a braided material, the yarn of which is formed by spinningtogether filler threads which are fibrous and fluffy in character withstiffening threads which'are of a-woody type and which are relativelyhighly resilient.

From another aspect my invention relates to a hat made from such a braidand to which a felted characteristic is given by the fluffy component ofthe yarn employed in making 29 the braid and to which is given the formretaining characteristic by a woody component of such yarn.

My invention further relates to the arrangement by which a braid of thischaracter is spiralled continuously from the top of the crown to theextreme end of the brim and the successive spiral sections joined edgeto edge so as to give a hat structure in which the lines along which thespiral sections contact are emphasized to give somewhat the appearanceof a straw hat.

My invention generally relates to a hat combining the appearance andcharacteristics of both a felt and a straw hat.

For the attainment of these objects and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear or be poined out, I have illustrated one embodimentof my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Fig. 1 is aperspective View of a hat cmbodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical fragmentary section taken on the line 22of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a section of the hat withbraided yarns partly unraveled.

Before proceeding to describe my invention, 1 will premise that inaccordance with my inventiomthe hat is made from a flat braided materialsomewhat as is the conventional 1930. Serial No. 470,848.

straw hat and in Figure 3, I show in an enlarged way, two adjacent braidsections 10 and the manner in which they are united.

The braid of which two sections are represented invFigure 3, is madefrom a yarn 11 which is formed by spinning together a fibrous material12 with strands of a. woody material shown at 13;

The fibrous material 12 should be fiufi'y in character and should not beform retaining. vVooland cotton fiber are examples of the materials toserve this purpose. The woody strands 13 on the other hand are highlyresilient and form retaining. They. possess the characteristic thatwhile they can be bent from the normal, they will normally return totheir original form. They should furthermore be capable of being moldedby pressure 111 the presence of steam in whichevent their normal will bethat form to which it has been molded. Hemp is'a good example of strandsanswering to the required characteristics of the strands which I havenumbered 13. Horse hair, jute, and the like also possess in a generalway, the characteristics of the strands 13,17equisite for the attainmentof the purposes of my invention.

The yarn 11 spun of the materials 12 and 13 as above set forth isbraided in any preferred or desired manner soas to produce a flat braidof the proper dimensions for the manufacture of any particular desiredhat.

The hat in Figure 1 may be manufactured from the braid 10 by spirallingthe braid fiat? wise beginning with what corresponds to the apex of thecrown. In this operation the successive spiral sections. are laid edgeto edge as shown in Fi 3 and are then joined edge to edge by anoverthrowstitch as shown at let in this figure. The thread forming theseam '14 is preferably but not necessarily made of silk; I j p The blankis then finished off by being molded by pressure in the presence ofsteam to shape for example to that shown in Figpire l'and then istreated with a water proof ller.

Due to the components employed in making the yarn and thes'pinning'together of these components, the braid made therefrom returnto its normal length upon hat.

will stretch considerably, but will always addition, it is highlyflexible and therefore easily workable, and will always return to itsnormal setposition when'permitted to do so. The fibrous component ofthe'yarn will give tothe h at made from braid formed of such yarn, thefiufly fibrous characteristic of a felt The resilient woody componentwill tend it is molded and will permit the hat to readily return to thatshape whenever the hat has been crushed or otherwise distorted.

Upon viewing Figure 3 of the drawing, it will be observed that the braidis loosely woven so that the hat of Figure 1 formed therefrom not onlyhaslittle weight but permits also of the free circulation of air througha the interstices resulting from the manner of l to the

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to keep the hat in the shape into which been set, the yarn being looselyinterlocked to formthe braid so as to provide interstices whereby a freecirculation and the hathas the pellucid, translucent characteristic'of apanama hat. 7 I

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 25th day of July, 1930.

it formation of the braid of Figure 3. In this respect, it will have thecharacteristics of a pearance of astraw hat because ofthe man- -ner ofits formation and this'will be assisted A considerably by the fact thatthe seam 14 will produce cent spiral sections contact so as to em hasizearidge at the joints where the adj a- "the fact that thehatis made of amaterial 1 a a i Q j lieipresenceofthe fibrous'comp'onent in raided to te hat thetranslucent and pellucid effect generally present in straw'hatssuch as the i type known as panamas, Infact', thehat possesses in"appearance very many of the characteristics of this typeof hat. I

the yarn of which this braid is made, will give p My experience withthis hat indicates that in giving it' the waterproof filler treatment,

hat'canbe made stifi'er than is necessary because itseems to become morem'ellow and softer as-it is sub ected to climatic action.

i This I attribute to the presence" in thehat of the fibrous component.i

' Having thus descri -1'.' Afhat comprising a crown and a brim bed myinvention and illustrated,tsuse, what I claim as new and 1 desire tosecure by Letters Patent is "andxniade 'of a fiat braid, the braid beingIv I formed "of a yarn composed of a fiufiy fibrous material and aresilient woody material spun together, the resilient woody materialbeing "ofa character'that it will normally retain *the formlintodwhichit has been set and to l readily return'to saidsetting when distorted""therefromflvhereby astraw hat effect is'pro ducedthe form of which ismaintained by ,thenresilientwoody component of the yarn, Y i a andas'felt hat'efiect will be produced by the QJAYhat made of a'braid, theyarn thereof Tfibr'ouscomponent gives a felted efiect to the hatan'd theresilient woodymaterial tends J to keep the hat in the shape to which ithas CARL STEINBERG.

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